Jeremy Hunt

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3 May 2018

National media frenzy follows breast cancer IT scandal announcement

Reactions have been pouring in to the news that a 'computer algorithm failure' which dated back to 2009 resulted in
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Jeremy Hunt
2 May 2018

Hunt: IT error ‘could have cut short the lives of up to 270 women’

Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Health and Social Care Secretary said the affected group of women
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1 May 2018

Jeremy Hunt backs calls for ‘WhatsApp-style’ messaging app for NHS staff

A “WhatsApp-style” instant messaging service will be trialled within the NHS as part of attempts to improve communications between care
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Jeremy Hunt
4 April 2018

NHS digital programme to benefit from £760m government funding

The government has announced it is releasing £760 million into the NHS, which includes money to improve the use of
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23 February 2018

Jeremy Hunt promises £75m for e-prescribing acceleration

A report by Department of Health and Social Care has recommended the roll-out of e-prescribing systems in NHS hospitals needs
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6 October 2017

Former NHS Digital chief exec appointed as Zesty’s Board advisor

The former chief executive of NHS Digital, Andy Williams, has now joined leading European digital health company, Zesty as its
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20 September 2017

Joe’s View: Consent is dead; long live citizen data sharing preferences

Joe McDonald wasn’t a hobbit in Lord of the Rings, he wasn’t at Wembley to see Geoff Hurst’s winner, but
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11 September 2017

Hunt to promise every NHS patient app access to records

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says every patient in England will be able to use an app to access their medical
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11 September 2017

18 NHS hospital ‘fast follower’ trusts named

The second wave of 18 NHS digital pioneers, or 'fast followers', will be named today at the NHS Innovation Expo
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Jeremy Hunt
27 June 2017

NHS digitisation means mail blunder “unlikely” to occur again, Hunt tells Commons 

The shift to electronic systems will mean the blunder of 709,000 medical correspondence items not delivered is "unlikely" to occur
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